Confucius

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Confucius
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Mencius
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Mozi
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Module 5 Great people and great inventions of
ancient China
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organized political community forming part of
a country

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philosopher
A person who studies or teaches philosophy
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Philosophy
Search for knowledge and understand of the
nature and meanings of the universe and of human
life
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ruler
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A person who rules or governs
importance
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being important
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act or behave in a certain way towards sb.
treat
teaching
that which is taught
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equal important look after philosopher
philosophy ruler state teachings thinker
treat war
In ancient China, private teachers traveled from
state to s_______ explaining their p________
Confucius was the most important of the ancient
Chinese p________ Confuciuss t_________
influenced society for more than 2000 years.
Other important t_______ included Mencius and
Mozi. All three teachers believed in the
i_________ of kindness and good government.
Menciuss ideas were very similar to those of
Confucius, but some of Mozis t_________ were
very different. For example, he hated the idea of
w_____ and believed that strong people should
l_________ weaker people.
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hilosophy
hilosophers
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hinkers
mportance
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• Man is born good
• All human beings are equal.
• The family is important. We are members of a
  group.
• Treat others in the way you want to treated.
• People are more important than others
• We should love all human beings.

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• 1. Whose influence has been the greatest among
  all the philosophers of ancient China?
• Mencius B. Mozi C. Confucius D.
  Zhuangzi
• 2. Confucius stressed the importance of the
  following aspects except__________
• A. Kindness B. friendship C. order D.
  duty
• 3. Which is NOT the right statement about
  Mozi?
• He was known for his unusual clothes and
  behavior.
• He hated the idea of war.
• All his beliefs were the same as Confucius.
• D. He believed all men were equal.

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• 4. If the government was kind, then people would
  be good. is the teaching of _________.
• Mencius B.Confucius
• C. Mozi D. Xunzi
• 5. Which belief by Mozi was similar to that of
  Confucius?
• We should love all human beings.
• The government shouldnt treat people badly.
• We should look after those who are weaker than
  ourselves.
• The government was most important.

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• 6. Whats main idea of the passage?
• The author wants to make people believe in the
  teachings by thinkers of ancient.
• The author wants to introduce three influential
  philosophers of ancient China.
• C. The author wants to tell interesting stories
  about three important teachers in ancient China.
• D. The author wants to show the history of
  philosophy in ancient China.

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• 7. Which shows the right order of time when the
  three great thinkers lived?
• Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi B.Mencius----Mozi--
  --Confucius
• C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius D.Mozi---
  Mencius---Confucius
• 8. From the text we can infer that___________
• A. Only in time of war could philosophers produce
  great teaching.
• B. It was not easy to find a state where people
  would follow the thinker's teaching.
• C. Great philosophers must have been born in poor
  families.
• D. Influential philosophers wouldnt agree with
  each other.